Businesses are demanding to know whether to recruit and retain top talent or develop talent from within.
The unemployment rate held in July was 9.5%, with hourly wages having increased 1.8 percent over the last twelve months stated Keith Hall, the Commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Recruitment and talent management will become an increasingly [...]

Motor vehicle manufacturer Kia has revealed plans to expand its graduate recruitment by launching a new training scheme, in a bid to further boost the Korean firm’s recent growth.
The company is hoping to take advantage of the current excess of university leavers struggling to find work after obtaining degrees and will embark on a fresh [...]

The first Investment in Staff survey of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from QBE, the specialist business insurer, shows that only one in six (15%) of those questioned are looking to hire more staff in 2010. A dire outlook for those who have graduated this summer and are looking for work, however there were some [...]

New research from CMI (Chartered Management Institute) reveals that over half of managers misjudge their strengths in the workplace – a situation which is hindering the performance of the UK’s already struggling businesses and public sector organisations.
CMI recently questioned UK managers to find out which aspects of management they thought they were best at. [...]

MrTed Ltd., the leading provider of on-demand Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced it is being acquired by StepStone Solutions, a global leader in Talent Management Solutions. Over 1,500 organisations in 40 countries rely on StepStone Solutions every day to improve their business performance, build effective talent strategies, and to help their people have more effective, [...]

Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has today announced that, for the third year in succession, the company has been named as the Global Market Leader by HR and outsourcing magazine, HRO Today, in its annual ‘Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Survey’, an annual listing of the top recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) providers. The win reinforces Alexander Mann [...]

One of the UK’s leading executive search firms, Warren Partners, is bucking the industry trend and gearing up for significant expansion across all sectors, including its recruitment to board level roles.
The growth strategy will be led by founder Joëlle Warren, who takes up the role of executive chairman.
She will be supported by an [...]

Bosses are being urged to learn whom they can employ, after new guidelines were announced by the government.
The Home Office UK Border Agency released Guidance for Employers on Preventing Illegal Working: Asylum Seekers and Refugees to clarify what documents managers should insist on seeing to ensure their staff have the right to work in this [...]

Employee engagement levels are at their lowest ever, according to one expert.
Mike Petrook, head of public affairs at professional body the Chartered Management Institute, has warned bosses to look at how they interact with their staff and ask themselves some questions.
“One of the big issues is – are they getting what they want from their [...]

Research has revealed that while the vast majority of both IT and HR professionals recognise the value that HR technology can add to the business, this is not reflected by a drive to improve the integration and functionality of HR technology systems.
The Taleo HR Systems Survey examines the relationship between IT and HR departments and [...]